Catharus

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Translingual

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Etymology

From Latinized form of Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure, clean”) +‎ -us (taxonomic suffix) by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850 and refers to the plumage of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush.

Proper noun

Catharus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Turdidae – migrant thrushes of North America and nightingale-thrushes of Central and South America.

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